Health Condition 1: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualized homoeopathic medicines in 50 millesimal potencies with DASH diet: Intervention is planned as administering indicated homoeopathic medicines in 50 millesimal potencies, as
Sponsors
The Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients suffering from stage I Essential HTN (SBP: 140-159 and DBP: 90-99 mm Hg) as per JNC 8 classification. 2.Patients of 18-65 years of age and of either sex. 3.Illiterate patients will be interviewed by the investigators maintaining adequate privacy to fill up the scales or questionnaires. 4.Literate participants able to read and write English, Bengali, Hindi. 5.Patients providing written informed consent voluntarily to participate in the trial.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Diagnosed cases of Secondary hypertension, symptomatic hypotension. 2.Diagnosed Cases of type 2 diabetes. 3.Other uncontrolled or unstable systemic or psychiatric diseases and/or infections affecting quality of life. 4.Vulnerable population- Unconscious, non-ambulatory, too sick for consultation, differently abled, terminally ill or chronically ill, mentally incompetent people. 5.Pregnant and puerperal women, and lactating mothers. 6.Tobacco abuse or any other substance abuse. 7.Self-reported immune-compromised state. 8.Patients already on any antihypertensive medications. 9.Undergoing homoeopathic treatment for any chronic disease within last 6 months. 10.Simultaneous participants in any other clinical trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the mean change in Systolic Blood PressureTimepoint: At baseline, every month, up to 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| SF-36 QuestionnaireTimepoint: At baseline, every month, up to 3 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactVeena Prakash Bharti
The Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College and hospital
Outcome results
None listed